The environment of the final target that Wu Zimo had selected was very special. From the 3D map on his light brain, Wu Zimo saw that it greatly resembled the Danxia landforms he had seen in his past life. It wasn't completely red as if it was covered entirely in red conglomerate sandstone, but rather all slate grey.
If a person came at night and struck up green wisps of fire, then it would truly feel like a land of ghosts.
The reason there were so many Spider Zergs in this area was because the slate grey rocks contained V element that could be used to produce mechas. However, because there was such a small amount in them, if it was to be collected and extracted, the expenses would be too high. They wouldn't be able to cover the costs.
The income wouldn't be directly proportional to the expenses, and the Federation couldn't squander time and money on this planet, especially since it was also so close to the Dimensional Zerg's battlefield. So it wasn't surprising that the Federation had abandoned it.
There was too little of the V element in the rocks, so it wasn't worth wasting time and money for the Federation to go and collect them, but for the lowest Spider Zergs that had gathered on Planet Xt781, it was an extremely delicious source of food. Otherwise, a group of 200 Spider Zergs wouldn't have been drawn here.
As the twenty-five mechas got closer to the location, their movements became more and more cautious. Fortunately, there were oddly formed peaks and rock formations that had been eroded by sandstorms and rain, so Wu Zimo's group of mechas could hide behind the large, bizarre rocks.
"Fuck, why are the Spider Zergs here so big?!" When they neared the Spider Zergs' area of activity, they shivered from the Spider Zergs that were crawling in all directions and gnawing and eating the V element within the rocks.
If the largest one they had encountered before was about two meters tall and three meters wide, then the Spider Zergs in this group were at least three meters tall and four meters wide.
"They're eating well."
When Wu Zimo saw the Spider Zergs here, his brows furrowed slightly. He opened a document to check the geographical data of their current location, and quickly discovered that the rocks here contained V element that could attract the Spider Zergs.
As expected, it really was good food. Eating so much, if these Spider Zergs weren't plump and fat, how could they deserve their title of super-locusts?
"What's the matter? Are you afraid?" Wu Zimo asked on the public channel with a smile, putting away his light brain.
"How could I be?!"
As strong sentinels, how could they make a fool of themselves in front of an ordinary person like Wu Zimo? That absolutely couldn't happen! Especially for the two with significant others, they would puff up their chests, looking valiant. Nevermind if the things in front of them were Spider Zergs, even if it were the Dimensional Mother Zerg, they would dare to charge in.
Wu Zimo could see the young sentinels whose fighting spirit he had fired up through the screen, and he nodded in satisfaction. It was simply that easy to string along the hot-blooded young men and women.
Because the Spider Zergs were larger than they had anticipated, their initial plan of attack must also be changed.
"Salah, how many photon artillery shells do you all have left?" Mocca looked at the swarm of Spider Zergs in front of them and suddenly thought of the strongest weapons they were allowed to bring for this year's assessment.
"Eight." Mocca's words reminded Salah that they still had such powerful weapons they had yet to use.
During the assessment, each team could carry ten photon artillery shells, which were essential weapons for individual soldiers to have on the battlefield. Wu Zimo had used two when they had first launched a sneak attack on the Spider Zergs. They didn't have a chance to use the remaining eight, which had almost been forgotten.
Salah hadn't needed to ask. Mocca gave a wry smile, saying: "We still have thirty left."
That's right, even though they have been on Planet XT781 for so long, Mocca and the others hadn't used a single shell. He didn't know if they were lucky or strong, but they didn't have a need for the photon artillery shells at all.
The four teams had a total of thirty-eight photon artillery shells. This wasn't a small number.
"Salah, I remember that there was a girl on your team who's majoring in weapons manufacturing?" It was a mystery why Mocca asked such a question, but Liz, who was sitting in Laney's mecha, nodded, "That's me."
"Hehe, very good. Liz, I wanted to ask if you can modify or add an extra component so that the thirty-eight photon artillery shells can explode simultaneously." Mocca nodded, looking at Liz, and described his ideas in detail.
In fact, Mocca's plan was very simple, or rather, it should be said that it was wretched. They would corral all of the Spider Zergs together with some bait and immediately attack them with the thirty-eight photon artillery shells.
The reason he wanted Liz to make an extra component was because if each mecha were to fire the photon artillery shells individually, then the timing would be off.
Mocca came up with such a baiting strategy because he had heard his younger brother-in-law mention such a situation. When the photon artillery shell was being studied, a certain researcher's mind was buzzing with ideas and his hands twitched. The photon artillery shells that were originally supposed to fire one at a time completely annihilated everything.
When the formidable explosive power was released in the experimental station, the researcher who was courting death ought to be glad that the research team had just swapped for some new protective gear, or else he would have definitely had to stay in the hospital's restoration unit for several months.
Because of this, the researchers discovered that the power of the photon artillery shells was very large. However, as they increased the magnitude of each photon artillery shell, they weren't able to reach the expected explosive power.
The members of the research group couldn't figure out what the problem was. The only thing they knew was that ten photon artillery shells set off simultaneously could easily blow up an interstellar battleship.
After hearing Mocca's explanation, they all had pleasantly surprised expressions.
"We have thirty-eight photon artillery shells!"
That's right, ten were already so powerful. If thirty-eight were to explode together, even Wu Zimo, who had been quietly observing, couldn't help but look towards the heavens and give a moment of silence in tribute for the Spider Zergs. Amitabha.
The responsibility for the success of this attack lay solely on Liz, the young sister. Liz's performance was very good to that point that Mocca's assistants marveled at Liz's ability to transform technology, sincerely feeling that she was very ferocious. After a chat, they discovered that Liz was actually the apprentice of the famous Master Carroll.
The saying 'a famous teacher trains a fine student' really was true. There wasn't a single mecha manufacturing student who didn't know the mecha manufacturing Great Master Carroll. However, they couldn't understand why the apprentice of the Great Master of mecha manufacturing ran over to major in individual soldiers' weapons manufacturing. The Great Master unexpectedly even allowed it.
Liz was very fast, and the thirty-eight photon artillery shells were quickly installed with activation units. Wu Zimo also helped by adjusting the signal receivers on the activations units, so that the time difference upon reception would be nearly zero.
Mocca, Salah, and the others decided on the place the trap would be laid, while Wu Zimo only watched quietly.
Everyone's movements were very efficient. They very quickly selected the target, dug the trap, and installed the photon artillery shells.
Everything was ready, but a problem arose when they were choosing the bait. Salah wanted to be this mission's bait, however, Mocca refused.
"You're very fast, but don't forget that I'm not slower than you are, and..." Mocca turned his head, looked at Li Pengpeng, who was beside him, and the pair smiled at each other.
"..."
They were clearly discussing serious matters, but Wu Zimo felt that he had been stuffed with a bag of dog food. Mocca, this amusing fellow, unexpectedly also knew how to hand out dog food!
He despaired over the world that liked to bully single dogs.
Even though Salah already had someone he cared about, he was also still a single dog being bullied. Looking at Mocca and Li Pengpeng's enthusiastic, tacit understanding, Salah could only turn his head and stare silently at Lyle, who was cluelessly standing beside Wu Zimo.
Having a partner who was slow to react was truly unbearable.
"Pfftt..." Wu Zimo almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw that Salah's customarily cold face somehow had a gloomy expression.
"A'Mo?"
"Cough cough, it seems that Salah is looking for you for something. Do you want to go and ask?"
"Salah is looking for me? Then I'll go and ask him what happened."
Wu Zimo looked at Lyle, who was walking towards Salah's side, and sighed with regret: This great god was really a great friend and a divine wingman. All was taken care of!
Their ambushing operation was soon smoothed over, and the role of being bait was taken over by Mocca and Li Pengpeng. The rest were responsible for killing the Spider Zergs that would escape from the photon artillery shell explosion.
The ones who were responsible for the ambush were well hidden. Mocca controlled the mecha and carefully made his way over to the Spider Zergs. In the mecha's control cabin, Li Pengpeng smiled at Mocca, while her rabbit quantum beast and Mocca's silver wolf were together, licking each other's fur.
"Don't worry."
"I believe in you."
It really was dog food that could kill single dogs. But even as a single dog, Wu Zimo didn't have the time to pay attention to Mocca and Li Pengpeng's dog food activities.
When the other two left, Wu Zimo said to Millo: "Activate the master-sub system."
"Yes!"
When Wu Zimo introduced the system, everyone was really looking forward to it. Now, they could use it themselves. It was very difficult to describe their excited mood.
Fortunately, Millo wasn't as unreliable as Mocca. She wouldn't suddenly become overly emotional.
When Millo turned on the master-sub system, all the members of the other subsystems passively turned on simultaneously.
"Damn! This is the master-sub system Wu Zimo was talking about?!" Although the subsystem wasn't as powerful as the master system, it was enough to amaze the rest of the group. Of course, the person who was the most amazed was the one with the master system, Millo.
"This is?!"
"Very good, don't be nervous. Millo, I'll be troubling you with Mocca's situation."
"Rest assured you can leave it to me! I'll ensure that Mocca returns completely intact!"
Actually, with Mocca was the bait, what Millo and the others were worried about was that there would be an unexpected accident, especially since it was just Mocca. However, Millo opened the master-sub system and realized, how in the world was this as dangerous as letting Mocca run headfirst into danger, alone?!
Millo felt that it wasn't Mocca who was setting off for the group of Spider Zergs, but her. Rather, it could be said that their team was setting off.
This was what made the master-sub system so shocking — There were numerous features.
"..."
Originally, Mocca thought he could be a lone hero, but after the master-sub system activated, he felt like his coolness was only seen by dogs. Fuck! If he had known that the master-sub system was so incredible, then he wouldn't have tried so hard!
"Cough cough cough." Li Pengpeng, who was sitting beside him, couldn't help but muffle her laughter into her sleeve.
The sound of Li Pengpeng's laughter instantly completely dispersed the originally tense atmosphere, leaving Wu Zimo speechless.
"Mocca, carry out the mission seriously."
Seriously, would assigning such a serious mission to such a silly person really be okay?